Monday, November 15, 2010

Healthy Chinese Style Porridge

Ingredients: (Serving for 2)

1 cup of Red rice and 1 cup of normal white rice



(you may refer to this page for description on Red rice:
http://princevsprincess.blogspot.com/2010/11/what-is-red-rice.html)

100 grams of dried Wolfberries, 100 grams of dried scallop, 100 grams of dried gingko nuts



(you may refer to this page for description on Ginkgo nut/seed:
http://princevsprincess.blogspot.com/2010/11/what-is-ginkgo.html)

Seasoning such as pepper, salt


Method:
1. To prepare dried Gingko nuts, firstly hit and remove the hard skin, peel the soft skin, and remove the bitter seeds.
2. Clean red and white rice thoroughly under running tapped water.
3. Heat up plain water in a pot, together with remaining ingredients.
4. Boil for at least 2hours.
5. Remove, put into bowls and serve hot.



Sesame can be also added to the porridge..



Tips:
1. Do not close the pot cover to avoid overflow and stir well from time to time to avoid buring.
2. Red rice has higher iron contain than white rice. However, it's not necessary to use red rice. White rice can be used to replace the Red rice.
3. Add more water than cooking portion as water will get evaporated while cooking.


Health Tips:
This porridge is good for health especially during cold weather, with mixes of typical chinese healthy ingredients.

Preparing time: 30 minutes
including time to prepare Gingko nuts)
Cooking time: 2 hours
Total Serving time: 2hours and 30 minutes

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